Mistakes were made.
https://www.vaildaily.com/news/left-beh ... ilderness/

SpiderLegs wrote:bear mitigation

Is code for termination. The USFS and the Arizona Game and Fish Department are not risking another possible bear attack in the region after the Anna Knochel attack in 1996 in the Santa Catalina Mountains.

@Jim
Durango has a bear problem this summer, due to lack of rain.

Erik Westover’s garage-turned-workshop is something out of a science-fiction movie. It was in this shop that Westover, an engineer and former member of La Plata County Search and Rescue, created the Levitator – a specialized gurney for backcountry search and rescue extractions. https://www.durangohe...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has revealed the key factors that determine where trees can grow at the highest elevations across the globe. By compiling the most comprehensive dataset of alpine treelines to date, more than 2,000 records worldwide, the...

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the Department of Commerce may threaten the annual economic analysis of the outdoor recreation economy.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/08/19/outd ... on-growth/

Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks saw a slight increase in foot traffic for the first time since the pandemic drove record-high visitation to the mountains, according to hiker use estimates published this week.

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colora ... ng-report/

@Alston_Neal They don't know. Here's another article about delays in the system. It may be possibly best to contact your 'backup' person too. https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/another-hiker-falls-near-ice-lakes-his-iphone-sos-feature-may-have-delayed-the-rescue//?utm_medium=referral&utm_so...

The text landed at Grand County’s 911 dispatch center Friday afternoon. “Trapped by fire” it read, pinging a location near the remote Meadow Creek Reservoir. The 911 text from an Apple iPhone came through the company’s new satellite technology, which enables users out of cellphone range to use passi...

This post was labeled for “hiking”, however I think the OP meant for backpacking. I haven’t tried any of the dehydrated backpacker’s meals. Before leaving home on my current camp/overlanding trip, I did buy a food dehydrator, not really for my meals, but for MyRudy’s meals. I have been making his do...

@Jim
Apologies; I thought I had made that up.

Jim wrote:China Town

For God's sake it's....Chiner TownI Someone needs to 'invest' in dialect therapy.

Tom Schultz, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, is calling for wildfires to be extinguished “as swiftly as possible this season.” But aggressive suppression policies are widely believed to be one of the key culprits in the current wildfire crisis. https://www.ksut.org/2025-06-02/forest-service-wil...

Alston_Neal wrote:Sportsman's is down to guns, ammo and a couple of fishing poles.

If only they would just add beer to their assortment.

@00blackout
Agreed.

Based on the winning entry in the 1969 Baja 1000 desert race, this all-terrain adventure vehicle is destined to become a pampered collectible, writes Dan Neil. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/2025-ford-bronco-stroppe-special-edition-review-a-tonka-truck-for-grown-ups-c97eff53?st=WxKMkk&reflin...

Michael Boren, nominated by President Trump, is accused of threatening trail workers with a helicopter, building an airstrip without a permit and putting a cabin on federal property. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/climate/michael-boren-agriculture-nominee-idaho-airstrip.html?unlocked_article_cod...